Carmen Argote (b. 1981, Guadalajara; lives and works in Los Angeles) received an MFA and BFA from University of California, Los Angeles (2007, 2004). Selected solo exhibitions have been held at Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont (2025); Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2023); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2022); Primary, Nottingham (2021); Clockshop, Los Angeles (2020); Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2024, 2020, 2018); New Museum, New York (2019); and PAOS, Guadalajara (2019). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Silverlens, New York (2025); El Museo del Barrio, New York (2024); MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2021); SculptureCenter, Queens (2019); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2017); and Ballroom Marfa (2017). Argote is a recipient of Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2019), Artadia Los Angeles Award (2019), and California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2013). Argote has participated in residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito (2025); Casa Taller Jose Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara (2019); and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2009).

Argote’s work is in the collections of El Museo del Barrio, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Kadist Art Foundation; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Mohn Art Collective: Hammer, LACMA, MOCA (MAC3); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach; and Pérez Art Museum Miami.